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Gov. Riley, I'm sure you've seen that our emails have been made public for all the world to see.

I'm furious. I know we demanded that the attorney general's office be more specific about the charges against me, but I didn't think they were going to be THAT specific.

Stupid laws. What were the Founding Fathers, Congress, the Supreme Court and all those judges thinking when they passed those things?

A guy can't even do business anymore.

How am I supposed to live off the measly $434,000 I pulled in back in 2011 if I don't "consult" for companies and then use the power of my office to arrange meetings with the governor and other state officials?

By the way, that whole "consulting" thing that we legislators have worked out, and then somehow got the Ethics Commission to approve, is a pretty sweet deal.

Don't use my public office to help my client sell something I've never heard of and/or have no experience selling? OoooooK. (Wink.) Hahaha!

Hope I haven't screwed that up for the rest of the guys.

But sir, the worst part about this is the thought that I've let you down. You know you're the Obi-Wan to my Luke, the Don Corleone to my Michael, the Mr. Miyagi to my Daniel. I hope I haven't disappointed you too badly.

Mike

On 2/27/2015 at 5:15:43 P.M. Bob Riley wrote:

Mike: Just read the emails…Fortunately, I didn't say anything too embarrassing…Don't you sweat it though, because I know you're tough and you can handle it, even though that was some pretty embarrassing stuff you said… And probably illegal stuff too, but I'm sure it'll all be fine.

Enough sentiment!

While you're in court on this thing, do you think you could get your attorneys to poll the jury and see if any of them could use some lobbying from a former governor? Would be a big help to BR&A … Thanks, pal. You never stop selling for me.

On 2/27/2015 at 6:01:44 P.M. Mike Hubbard wrote:

I'd love to sell more for you, because I respect you sooooo much, even though sometimes I don't really feel that that love is reciprocated in the same manner and that maybe you're using me to help your business at great personal and professional expense to myself but that I can't see all of that because I'm too enamored with you. But I know that's just crazy talk.

Can you believe no one's talking about what we said about Sen. Richard Shelby and his shakedown scheme? Guy's (allegedly) up there making millions off companies paying to just get in his office and no one's saying a word about it.

On 2/27/2015 at 6:46:43 P.M. Bob Riley wrote:

I can't believe that about Shelby… So terrible … Not that he's shaking people down – that we can't figure out how to do it and get away with it … Well, you couldn't, anyway.

One other thing: When you see the guys in the AG's office next, could you ask if they need any lobbying from a former governor? Could be a big boost to BR&A. Thanks, bud.

On 2/27/2015 at 7:02:24 P.M. Mike Hubbard wrote:

You got it! But first, I need to tell everyone that there's no way in hell I'm stepping down as Speaker. Can you believe people want that? Do they really expect me to pay these legal fees out of my own pocket instead of using campaign funds given to me mostly by people who bought into that whole "Republicans are going to clean up the legislature" nonsense?

Besides, it's basically like I'm in Oz here in Alabama's Legislature – there's no one with the brains, heart or courage to demand that I resign. Not a single one voted against me returning as Speaker. They're sheep.

On 2/27/2015 at 8:27:49 P.M. Bob Riley wrote:

Don't you resign until you get that charter schools bill pushed through… I love that we've got people believing that it's the better path for our schools when the reality for us is … Cha-ching! … Amirite?

Oh, your sheep comment reminded me: You think any shepherds could use a former governor as a lobbyist?